Paper-hanger&#39;s table



J. H. A. CHRISTIANSEN April 5,1927. 7, 1,623,167

PAPER HANGERS TABLE Filed May 12. 1926 Inventor Attorney Patented Apr.5, 1927.

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' PAPER-HANGERS TABLE.

Application filed May 12, 1926. Serial No. 108,557.

My present invention pertains topa-per hangers tables ordinarilyreferred to as paste tables; and it contemplates the provision of asimple and inexpensive means applicable to and adapted for use on suchtables and calculated to facilitate providing strips of wall paper withperfectly square ends.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective showing a paper hangers table equipped with myinvention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail side elevation showing one of the sideplates of my improvement.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in bothviews of the drawings.

The table 1 shown in Figure 1 may be and preferably is, in general, ofthe ordinary construction, the same being supported by legs 2 or by anyother appropriate means.

I also show in Figure 1 a straight edge 3 properly arranged in relationto the side plates 4 of my improvement to assure the cutting of aperfectly square end on a strip of wall paper.

The side plates 4 may be and preferably are formed of appropriate sheetmetal, and by reference to Figure 2 I would have it understood that eachof the plates 4 is provided adjacent to its heel end with a verticalslot 5 and is provided in its forward end with a horizontal slot 6.

The table top 1 is equipped on its side edges at about the distancesillustrated from the end of the top with headed projections 5 and 6 thesaid headed projections for the sake of economy being formed by screwspartly driven into the longitudinal edges of the top 1. The plates 4 areheld by the said headed projections in proper working position on thetable top 1, and it will be readily appreciated that when it is desiredto remove the plates 4 from the top 1, the same may be readilyaccomplished by first lifting the heel ends of the plates 4 so as todisengage the same from the projections 5 after which the plates may bewithdrawn from engagement with the projections 6". From this it followsthat in order to properly position the plates 4 0n the table top 1, itis simply necessary to engage the forward ends of the plates 4 with theheaded projections 6 i. e., so that the shanks'of the projections 6 arereceived in the slots 6, and then move the rear or heel portions of theplates 4 downwardly so that the shanks of the projections 5 are receivedin the slots 5.

The straight edge 3 may be and preferably is formed of steel and isdesigned to be arranged relative to the top 1 and the plates 4 as shownin Figure 1.

In the practical use of my improvementthe operative rolls a roll ofpaper out on the table, and positions one side edge of the paper evenwith the edge of the table top 1. Then by placing the straight edge 3above the paper and against the forward edges of the side plates 4, theoperative is enabled to cut the paper so as to produce thereon aperfectly square end calculated to save considerable labor and troublein the application of the paper to a wall. It will also be appreciatedfrom the foregoing that as .soon as the cutting is completed, the sideplates 4 may be expeditiously and easily detached from the table top 1and placed in a tool kit. In this connection I would have it understoodthat the headed projections 5 and 6 are so set as to enable the plates 4to fit snugly between the heads of the projections 5 and 6 and thelongitudinal edges of the table top 1.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a paper hangers table orpaste table equipped with my improvement is materially advantageous forthe purpose stated; that my novel side plates 4 are extremely simple andinexpensive in construction; and that the said side plates 4 aresusceptible of being expeditiously and easily applied to and as readilyremoved from a paste table.

While I have explicitly described my improvement, I do not desire to beunderstood as limiting myself to the precise structure disclosed, myinvention being defined by my appended claims within the scope of whichmodifications may be made without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent, 1s:

1. In combination, a paper hangers table top, headed projections carriedby each of the longitudinal edges of said top spaced apart and alsospaced from the adjacent end of the top, and side plates each having avertical slot adjacent to its heel end and a horizontal slot in itsforward end, said slots receiving the headed projections where'- by theplates are detachably supported on the shanks of the projections andbetween the heads thereof and the side edges of the to As a new articleof manufacture, a side plate for use on the top of a paper hangers tableand detachable therefrom;

the said side plate having a vertical slot reaching upwardly from itslower edge at a point adjacent to and spaced from the heel end of theplate and also having a longitudinal slot reaching rearwardly from itsforward edge; the said slots being adapted to receive a projection onthe table, whereby the plate will be detachably maintained in workingposition on the top.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JULIUS H. A; CHRISTIAN SEN.

